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General DiscussionWhen to commit to ranked mm

When to commit to ranked mm in General Discussion
yung griphook

    just curious about everyone's take on this.

    When is the right time to commit to playing ranked mm, every time you play?

    for example, someone like me, with "normal" aka garbage skill. Would it be more beneficial to play non-ranked, get really good with heroes of each role, and better in general to the point where i can carry my whole team, and go into ranked. Or, go into ranked now, learn from the growing pains, and get better as i play and grind that way.

    any thoughts/ constructive criticism appreciated

    Miracle`-

      INCREASE YOUR HERO POOL OR MAKE A SMURF AND RUIN GAMES + you will get high mmr spam zeus

      THICC BABY SHUM

        when ever you can play a couple of every heros from every roll, or when ur fav hero is op.

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        yung griphook

          I'm mostly concerned with improving, so making a smurf is a waste of time

          @YNIT thanks for the input . time to go spam tony xD

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          Dune, the Desert Planet

            Every time that I want to play?

            THICC BABY SHUM

              ezy mmr tosses.
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz4G3i4QXX4 you can watch this to improve ur tony plays.

              yung griphook

                makes it look ez...

                Vaikiss`742.

                  theres litteraly no difference between ranked and not ranked its same shit

                  the earlier u start the faster u start improving so..

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                  Midi Prill

                    You will not get higher as zeus, it was nerfed a long time ago
                    This account i calibrated almost 1k lower than my main lol from playing zeus

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                    BenaoLifedancer

                      the sooner you start the sooner you'll learn. Since you're Normal and normal sucks, whatever you do will be fine. Just keep learning :)

                      Sometimes you will see a hero owning super ez, try that hero out. Other times you might feel you can do better than other people with the same team composition, pick that hero next time.
                      You saw a good combo? Make sure you try it later ->like omni pudge. Everyone has tried that out at some point, with pudge and with omni.
                      Little by little learn about certain advantages, terrain advantages, playstyle, potential of items you're not used to!
                      You're free to try everything you want!!

                      Make love, not flame

                        You will get higher playing any hero if he fits a bit. I play lot of supports because noone else wants to or can usually. Also 5th position even when I shouldn't (today I was wd, our venge maxed quite and built maelstrom at 4.2k ). Got from 2.8 in 2.5 months.

                        You can make big difference with every hero. Do stuff like warning your team, get better at map awareness, start shifting skills and items you buy, read about mechanics, turn rate, attack modifiers, BAT...

                        And don't listen to people who shitpost that you need to max hardcarry to win it for your team. That's plain stupid. If you think your teammates are retards, how about preventing them from feeding by wards or mark on the map, telling them they do good and stopping the flame. Plenty of options. Good luck.

                        Edit: you can check this. http://m.ign.com/wikis/dota-2/Stuff_You_Should_Know
                        Also the dotabuff "in case you missed" post was write good, google it. Lot of materials.

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                        Miracle`-

                          ^^^
                          You wrong...

                          Vaikiss`742.

                            hes right

                            supports are the ones who wins the pubs not the carries

                            yes there might be games won where 5 carries wins against a well structured pick but not becouse of heroes but because of pure outplay

                            i can't count amount of games where i got my early game carried by a decent support (even tho they are rare breed)

                            u can even support with core heroes as long as u know what ur doing and then scale into late game with them and stil lcarry ur team

                            but good support more valuable in higer mmr's i guess cuz in lower ones decent mid or carry can win a game alone as long as his team is not ruining on purpose

                            BenaoLifedancer

                              sadly the higher you go the higher the chances of the team ruining your game as you get queued with high 3k and low 4k people...

                              Miracle`-

                                Never trust your carries.... atleast not when you in normal skill. They so bad

                                i love u butt

                                  normal matches are cancer, people there dont take games seriously

                                  Vaikiss`742.

                                    and where they do lol ?

                                    even in 6k mmr ppls random heroes pick 5 carries and throw on purpose

                                    i love u butt

                                      u gotta stop watching singsing strim

                                      at 5k onwards, at least carries know when to split push + get core items quickly

                                      below 3k, they just gank for 50 mins

                                      THICC BABY SHUM

                                        @ I love bot
                                        ppl dont take game srs, so its ezy win whats the prob?

                                        Vaikiss`742.

                                          sure they do and im president of united states

                                          call me Barack Obama

                                          i play dota with carries that know how to splitpush in 5k+ games

                                          6_din_49

                                            Play ranked when you want to play your best heroes.

                                            If you want to random or try a new hero, play unranked.

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                                            xD

                                              Just go and play now, because if you want to improve ranked games are way harder atleast fo me.

                                              MOA KIKUCHI ASTRALIS

                                                normal skill ranked and non rank has literally no difference.
                                                trying to learn in that tier of dota is a joke btw, go buy an account.

                                                yung griphook

                                                  thanks for the input guys, gonna try and put these things into practice

                                                  Giff me Wingman

                                                    i play only ranked because i don't need morons ruining my games with the excuse 'it's non ranked, i just want to have fun'.

                                                    It really depends what you are after. If you feel like playing dota how it's mean to be played, then go ranked. If you want to play dota with 5 man carries with dagon n shit, go normal ranked.

                                                    jus chillen

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